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as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the NRC’s regulations,
techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific problems or
postulated accidents, and data that the
staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled,
‘‘Fire Protection for Nuclear Power
Plants,’’ is temporarily identified by its
task number, DG–1214, which should be
mentioned in all related
correspondence. DG–1214 is proposed
Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.189.
The primary objectives of fire
protection programs (FPPs) at U.S.
nuclear plants are to minimize both the
probability of occurrence and the
consequences of fire. To meet these
objectives, the FPPs for operating
nuclear power plants are designed to
provide reasonable assurance, through
defense in depth, that a fire will not
prevent the necessary safe-shutdown
functions from being performed and that
radioactive releases to the environment
in the event of a fire will be minimized.
The regulatory framework that the
NRC has established for nuclear plant
FPPs consists of a number of regulations
and supporting guidelines, including,
but not limited to, Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 50,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,’’ (10 CFR Part 50),
Appendix A, ‘‘General Design Criteria
for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ General
Design Criterion (GDC) 3, ‘‘Fire
Protection;’’ 10 CFR 50.48, ‘‘Fire
Protection;’’ Appendix R, ‘‘Fire
Protection Program for Nuclear Power
Facilities Operating Prior to January 1,
1979,’’ to 10 CFR Part 50; regulatory
guides; generic communications (e.g.,
generic letters [GLs], regulatory issue
summaries [RISs], bulletins, and
information notices [INs]); NUREGseries reports, including NUREG–0800,
‘‘Standard Review Plan [SRP] for the
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants;’’ and industry
standards. Since not all of the fire
protection regulations promulgated by
the NRC apply to all plants, this guide
does not categorize them as regulations.
Licensees should refer to their plantspecific licensing bases to determine the
applicability of a specific regulation to
a specific plant.
The NRC staff developed this guide to
provide a comprehensive fire protection
guidance document and to identify the
scope and depth of fire protection that
the staff would consider acceptable for
nuclear power plants. The original issue
of this guide addressed only plants
operating as of January 1, 2001. Revision
1 of the document added guidance for
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new reactor designs and incorporated
the guidance previously included in
Branch Technical Position (BTP) SPLB
9.5–1, ‘‘Guidelines for Fire Protection
for Nuclear Power Plants (formerly BTP
CMEB 9.5–1).’’ DG–1214 incorporates
guidance related to analysis of safeshutdown capabilities as found in
regulatory position 5.3.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff is soliciting comments
on DG–1214. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or
supporting data and should mention
DG–1214 in the subject line. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic
form will be made available to the
public in their entirety through the
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS).
Personal information will not be
removed from your comments. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
2. E-mail comments to:
nrcrep.resource@nrc.gov.
Requests for technical information
about DG–1214 may be directed to the
NRC contact, Dan Frumkin at (301) 415–
2280 or e-mail to Dan.Frumkin@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if
received by May 29, 2009. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
the NRC is able to ensure consideration
only for comments received on or before
this date. Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or
improvements in all published guides
are encouraged at any time.
Electronic copies of DG–1214 are
available through the NRC’s public Web
site under Draft Regulatory Guides in
the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of
the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also
available in ADAMS (https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html),
under Accession No. ML090070453.
In addition, regulatory guides are
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), which is
located at 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC
20555–0001. The PDR can also be
reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737
or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–
3548, and by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of April 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
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Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards
In accordance with the purposes of
Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic
Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the
Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting
on May 7–9, 2009, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland. The date of this
meeting was previously published in
the Federal Register on Monday,
October 6, 2008 (73 FR 58268–58269).
Thursday, May 7, 2009, Conference
Room T–2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening
Remarks by the ACRS Chairman
(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make
opening remarks regarding the conduct
of the meeting.
8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Proposed Rule
on Risk-Informed Changes to Loss-ofCoolant Accident Technical
Requirements (Open)—The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff regarding the proposed rule
on a voluntary risk-informed alternative
to the current requirements of
emergency core cooling systems, and
related matters.
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Proposed
Resolution of Generic Safety Issue
(GSI)–163, ‘‘Multiple Steam Generator
Tube Leakage’’ (Open)—The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff regarding the proposed
resolution of GSI–163 regarding
multiple steam generator tube leakage,
and related matters.
1:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m.: Draft Final
Regulatory Guide 1.214, ‘‘Response
Procedures for Potential or Actual
Aircraft Attacks’’ (Open/Closed)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff
regarding the draft final Regulatory
Guide 1.214 and related matters. [Note:
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A portion of this Session may be closed
to protect security and safeguards
information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(3).]
3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Status and Update
Concerning Revisions to the AP1000
Design Control Document (Open)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff on the
current status of the activities associated
with the revisions to the AP1000 Design
Control Document and related matters.
4:45 p.m.–5 p.m.: Subcommittee
Report (Open)—The Committee will
hear a report by and hold discussions
with the Chairman of the Safety
Research Program Subcommittee
regarding several-seismic related issues
that were discussed during the meeting
on April 16–17, 2009.
5 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS
Reports (Open/Closed)—The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on
matters discussed during this meeting.
[Note: A portion of this Session may be
closed to protect security and safeguards
information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b
(c)(3).]
Friday, May 8, 2009, Conference Room
T–2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening
Remarks by the ACRS Chairman
(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make
opening remarks regarding the conduct
of the meeting.
8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Preparation for
Meeting with the Commission on June 4,
2009 (Open)—The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
regarding the following topics
scheduled for the meeting with the
Commission on June 4, 2009:
Containment Overpressure Credit Issue,
Pressurized Thermal Shock Rule, Digital
Instrumentation and Control Matters,
and Options to Revise NRC Regulations
Based on the International Commission
on Radiation Protection (ICRP)
Recommendations/Progress on
Recommendations of the Independent
External Review Panel on Materials
Licensing Program.
10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.: Quality
Assessment of Selected Research
Projects (Open)—The Committee will
hear reports by and hold discussions
with the members of the ACRS Panels
regarding the quality assessment of the
NRC research projects on: NUREG–
6964, ‘‘Crack Growth Rates and
Metallographic Examinations of Alloy
600 and Alloy 82/182 from Field and
Laboratory Materials Testing in PWR
Environments,’’ and Draft NUREG–
xxxx, ‘‘Diversity Strategies for Nuclear
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Power Plant Instrumentation and
Control Systems.’’
11:15 a.m.–12 p.m.: Future ACRS
Activities/Report of the Planning and
Procedures Subcommittee (Open/
Closed)—The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the
full Committee during future ACRS
meetings and other matters related to
the conduct of the ACRS business.
[Note: A portion of this Session may
be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss
organizational and personnel matters
that relate solely to internal personnel
rules and practices of ACRS, and
information the release of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.]
12 p.m.–12:15 p.m.: Reconciliation of
ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)—The
Committee will discuss the responses
from the NRC Executive Director for
Operations to comments and
recommendations included in recent
ACRS reports and letters.
1:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS
reports. [Note: A portion of this Session
may be closed to protect security and
safeguards information pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
Saturday, May 9, 2009, Conference
Room T–2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The
Committee will continue its discussion
of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A
portion of this Session may be closed to
protect security and safeguards
information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(3).]
12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Miscellaneous
(Open)—The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of
Committee activities and specific issues
that were not completed during
previous meetings, as time and
availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were
published in the Federal Register on
October 6, 2008 (73 FR 58268–58269).
In accordance with those procedures,
oral or written views may be presented
by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry.
Electronic recordings will be permitted
only during the open portions of the
meeting. Persons desiring to make oral
statements should notify the Cognizant
ACRS staff named below five days
before the meeting, if possible, so that
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appropriate arrangements can be made
to allow necessary time during the
meeting for such statements. Use of still,
motion picture, and television cameras
during the meeting may be limited to
selected portions of the meeting as
determined by the Chairman.
Information regarding the time to be set
aside for this purpose may be obtained
by contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff
prior to the meeting. In view of the
possibility that the schedule for ACRS
meetings may be adjusted by the
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the
conduct of the meeting, persons
planning to attend should check with
the Cognizant ACRS staff if such
rescheduling would result in major
inconvenience.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d)
Public Law 92–463, I have determined
that it may be necessary to close a
portion of this meeting noted above to
discuss security and safeguards
information pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(3) and organizational and
personnel matters that relate solely to
internal personnel rules and practices of
ACRS, and information the release of
which constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6).
Further information regarding topics
to be discussed, whether the meeting
has been canceled or rescheduled, as
well as the Chairman’s ruling on
requests for the opportunity to present
oral statements and the time allotted
therefor can be obtained by contacting
Girija Shukla, Cognizant ACRS staff
(301–415–6855), between 7:15 a.m. and
5 p.m. (ET). ACRS meeting agenda,
meeting transcripts, and letter reports
are available through the NRC Public
Document Room at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov, or by calling the
PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or from the
Publicly Available Records System
(PARS) component of NRC’s document
system (ADAMS) which is accessible
from the NRC Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/ACRS/.
Video teleconferencing service is
available for observing open sessions of
ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use
this service for observing ACRS
meetings should contact Mr. Theron
Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician
(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and
3:45 p.m., (ET), at least 10 days before
the meeting to ensure the availability of
this service. Individuals or
organizations requesting this service
will be responsible for telephone line
charges and for providing the
equipment and facilities that they use to
establish the video teleconferencing
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link. The availability of video
teleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
9:30 a.m. Briefing on Fire Protection
Closure Plan (Public Meeting) (Contact:
Alex Klein, 301–415–2822).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—www.nrc.gov.
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Dated: April 15, 2009.
Annette L. Vietti Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9–9101 Filed 4–20–09; 8:45 am]
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the status of meetings, call (recording)—(301)
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DATES: Weeks of April 20, 27, May 4, 11,
18, 25, 2009.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
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STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of April 20, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
2 p.m. Briefing on Radioactive
Source Security (Public Meeting)
(Contact: Kim Lukes, 301–415–6701).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—www.nrc.gov.
Week of April 27, 2009—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of April 27, 2009.
Week of May 4, 2009—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of May 4, 2009.
Week of May 11, 2009—Tentative
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Agency Action Review Meeting (Public
Meeting) (Contact: Shaun Anderson,
301–415–2039).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—www.nrc.gov.
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There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of May 18, 2009.
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9:30 a.m. Briefing on External Safety
Culture (Public Meeting) (Contact:
Stewart Magruder, 301–415–8730).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—www.nrc.gov.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009:
1:30 p.m. Briefing on Internal Safety
Culture (Public Meeting) (Contact: June
Cai, 301–415–5192).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—www.nrc.gov.
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AGENCY: Securities and Exchange
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ACTION: Notice of an application to
amend a prior order under section 6(c)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(‘‘Act’’) granting an exemption from
sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 24(d)
of the Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act,
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ProShares Trust (‘‘Trust’’)
and ProShare Advisors LLC (‘‘Adviser’’).
APPLICANTS:
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants
request an order to amend a prior order
that permits: (a) Series of an open–end
management investment company
(‘‘Initial Funds’’) to issue shares
redeemable in large aggregations only
(‘‘Creation Unit Aggregations’’); (b)
secondary market transactions in the
shares to occur at negotiated prices; (c)
dealers to sell the shares to purchasers
in the secondary market unaccompanied
by a prospectus, when prospectus
delivery is not required by the
Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘Securities
Act’’); and (d) certain affiliated persons
of the Initial Funds to deposit securities
into, and receive securities from, the
Initial Funds in connection with the
purchase and redemption of Creation
Unit Aggregations (‘‘Prior Order’’).1
Applicants seek to amend the Prior
Order to: (a) Provide greater operational
flexibility to the Funds (defined below);
(b) expand the category of Funds
designed to correspond to the return of
an Underlying Index (defined below)
(‘‘Matching Funds’’) to include Funds
that seek to match the performance of an
Underlying Index primarily focused on
United States equity securities that
applies a strategy referred to as 130/30
(‘‘130/30 Funds’’); (c) permit Funds that
are based on foreign equity securities
indices (‘‘Foreign Equity Funds’’) to pay
redemption proceeds under certain
circumstances more than seven days
after the tender of a Creation Unit
Aggregation for redemption, but in any
event within a period not to exceed 14
calendar days; (d) delete a condition
related to future relief in the Prior Order
and permit applicants to offer additional
series using underlying securities
indices (collectively, ‘‘Underlying
Indices’’ or individually, ‘‘Underlying
Index’’) different than those permitted
under the Prior Order; (e) delete the
relief granted in the Prior Order from
section 24(d) of the Act and revise the
applications on which the Prior Order
was issued (‘‘Prior Applications’’)
accordingly; and (f) amend the terms
and conditions of the Prior Applications
with respect to certain disclosure
requirements.
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27394 (June 13, 2006) (order), amended by
Investment Company Act Release Nos. 27609 (Dec.
22, 2006) (notice) and 27666 (Jan. 18, 2007) (order)
and further amended by Investment Company Act
Release Nos. 27975 (Sep. 21, 2007) (notice) and
28014 (Oct. 17, 2007) (order).
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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
In accordance with the purposes of Sections 29 and 182b of the
Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting on May 7-9, 2009, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was
previously published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 6, 2008
(73 FR 58268-58269).
Thursday, May 7, 2009, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
the meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Proposed Rule on Risk-Informed Changes to
Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical Requirements (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff regarding the proposed rule on a voluntary risk-informed
alternative to the current requirements of emergency core cooling
systems, and related matters.
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue
(GSI)-163, ``Multiple Steam Generator Tube Leakage'' (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the proposed resolution of
GSI-163 regarding multiple steam generator tube leakage, and related
matters.
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Draft Final Regulatory Guide 1.214, ``Response
Procedures for Potential or Actual Aircraft Attacks'' (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the draft final Regulatory
Guide 1.214 and related matters. [Note:
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A portion of this Session may be closed to protect security and
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Status and Update Concerning Revisions to the
AP1000 Design Control Document (Open)--The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff on the current status of the activities associated with the
revisions to the AP1000 Design Control Document and related matters.
4:45 p.m.-5 p.m.: Subcommittee Report (Open)--The Committee will
hear a report by and hold discussions with the Chairman of the Safety
Research Program Subcommittee regarding several-seismic related issues
that were discussed during the meeting on April 16-17, 2009.
5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters discussed
during this meeting. [Note: A portion of this Session may be closed to
protect security and safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b
(c)(3).]
Friday, May 8, 2009, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
the meeting.
8:35 a.m.-10 a.m.: Preparation for Meeting with the Commission on
June 4, 2009 (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the
following topics scheduled for the meeting with the Commission on June
4, 2009: Containment Overpressure Credit Issue, Pressurized Thermal
Shock Rule, Digital Instrumentation and Control Matters, and Options to
Revise NRC Regulations Based on the International Commission on
Radiation Protection (ICRP) Recommendations/Progress on Recommendations
of the Independent External Review Panel on Materials Licensing
Program.
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Quality Assessment of Selected Research
Projects (Open)--The Committee will hear reports by and hold
discussions with the members of the ACRS Panels regarding the quality
assessment of the NRC research projects on: NUREG-6964, ``Crack Growth
Rates and Metallographic Examinations of Alloy 600 and Alloy 82/182
from Field and Laboratory Materials Testing in PWR Environments,'' and
Draft NUREG-xxxx, ``Diversity Strategies for Nuclear Power Plant
Instrumentation and Control Systems.''
11:15 a.m.-12 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee
regarding items proposed for consideration by the full Committee during
future ACRS meetings and other matters related to the conduct of the
ACRS business.
[Note: A portion of this Session may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel matters that
relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and
information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.]
12 p.m.-12:15 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss the responses from
the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters.
1:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A portion of this
Session may be closed to protect security and safeguards information
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
Saturday, May 9, 2009, Conference Room T-2b3, Two White Flint North,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
[Note: A portion of this Session may be closed to protect security and
safeguards information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3).]
12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and specific
issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as time and
availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2008 (73 FR 58268-
58269). In accordance with those procedures, oral or written views may
be presented by members of the public, including representatives of the
nuclear industry. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during
the open portions of the meeting. Persons desiring to make oral
statements should notify the Cognizant ACRS staff named below five days
before the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can
be made to allow necessary time during the meeting for such statements.
Use of still, motion picture, and television cameras during the meeting
may be limited to selected portions of the meeting as determined by the
Chairman. Information regarding the time to be set aside for this
purpose may be obtained by contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff prior to
the meeting. In view of the possibility that the schedule for ACRS
meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the
conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should check with
the Cognizant ACRS staff if such rescheduling would result in major
inconvenience.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) Public Law 92-463, I have
determined that it may be necessary to close a portion of this meeting
noted above to discuss security and safeguards information pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) and organizational and personnel matters that
relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and
information the release of which constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6).
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, as well as the Chairman's
ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and
the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Girija Shukla,
Cognizant ACRS staff (301-415-6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET).
ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room at pdr.resource@nrc.gov,
or by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which
is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ACRS/.
Video teleconferencing service is available for observing open
sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service for
observing ACRS meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACRS Audio
Visual Technician (301-415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.,
(ET), at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the video
teleconferencing
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link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Dated: April 15, 2009.
Annette L. Vietti Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-9101 Filed 4-20-09; 8:45 am]
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